{"id":2806,"date":"2020-05-12T15:08:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T22:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ww3.ambientskies.com\/video-editing-mac-vs-pc\/"},"modified":"2023-02-24T12:47:35","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T19:47:35","slug":"video-editing-mac-vs-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ambientskies.com\/blog\/filmmaking\/video-editing-mac-vs-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Editing: Mac VS PC"},"content":{"rendered":"
here’s a silent war that’s been brewing in the tech world for over 4 decades now. Macintosh VS Microsoft — There’s other PC brands out there but let’s be real, they’d be nowhere without Bill Gates. The mastermind behind ‘PC’ computers. If you don’t know that, forget the rock — you seriously have been living in a subterranean layer 60 feet below the surface of the earth your entire life.<\/p>\n
The ‘other’ mastermind Steve Jobs (rest in peace) created another well-loved desktop computer company called Apple — you’ve probably heard of them. Apple in the eyes of consumers is seen as the Rolls Royce of computer tech. Their designs are more sleek than most of their competitors, their operating systems combat viruses better, and the interface is super user friendly. It’s for these reasons that they’re price tag hits a little higher than most Microsoft or ‘PC’ products.<\/p>\n
But how does that perception of dominance translate to the video editing world?<\/p>\n
Do editors prefer Mac too for the most part or is PC a better option due to it’s customizable nature?<\/p>\n
I’ve talked to quite a few editors about this and have come to realize a few things.<\/p>\n
Let’s talk about it!<\/p>\n
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I’ve come to find that most editors currently have both! With the vast array of software available out there and some of them being proprietary to Mac or PC, you’re almost forced to acquire both to keep up. If you’re a video editor and you’re getting tons of work coming in from all sorts of workflows, you’re going to run into program files, updates, or hard drives that are Mac or PC only.<\/p>\n
Most brands have been designing their software to be compatible with both options. For years, I’ve had a drive with a windows operating system in my Mac Pro tower. Some editors definitely prefer one over the other and might only choose to beef out one computer system that is their ‘primary’ work station. But I’ve found that if an editor works primarily off of a PC, he’ll at least own a MacBook laptop or an iMac Pro and vice versa. <\/p>\n
So let’s say you’re an editor at a crossroads that’s looking to invest a large amount of money into one or the other. Which way should you go?<\/p>\n
That’s a valid question and one we hope to help answer.<\/p>\n
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